RETAIL & CONSUMER/Packaged GOODS: NOV 16

This Virtual Seminar focused on how Technology is revolutionizing Retail and Consumer/Packaged Goods. There were multiple Microsoft speakers with extensive industry knowledge and IT experience.

The presentations covered both technical and strategic issues, making it highly relevant for not only software/network/cloud/security professionals but also sales, marketing, finance and business development staff. The content can apply to other industries such as restaurants, hospitality, real estate, distribution, education, etc. where there is face-to-face interaction to serve meals, interact with customers, optimize the supply chain, etc. Some of the topics were:

• Omni-Channel consumer interaction across retail store, web, smartphone: Optimized and consistent physical and digital – Phygital – experience
• Intelligent/Innovative Supply Chain, Inventory Management, IoT Apps: Get the right product, at the right price, to the right customer, at the right time.
• Retail Store MicroFulfillment: Satisfying consumers who prefer to shop on-line but pickup curbside/in-store
• Covid-19 Shopping: Contactless, Frictionless, Laborless, Automated
• Cloud Center of Excellence
• Mainframe and Legacy Systems: Migrating and/or Modernizing Applications to the Azure Cloud
• Data Analytics: Real-Time, AI-Powered Actionable Insights by using data from the entire supply chain. British Retailer Marks & Spencer Case Study

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